Cesar Demontaño Manhilot, known professionally as Cesar Montano, is a Filipino actor, film producer, film director and aspiring politician.
Montano in 2017
Façade of Cesar Montano and wife Sunshine Cruz' rest house in Pandi, Bulacan
The Great Raid is a 2005 war film about the Raid at Cabanatuan on the island of Luzon, Philippines during World War II. It is directed by John Dahl and stars Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Marton Csokas, Joseph Fiennes with Motoki Kobayashi and Cesar Montano. The principal photography took place from July 4 to November 6, 2002, but its release was delayed several times from the original target of fall 2003. The film received negative to average reviews from critics and was a commercial failure.
Theatrical poster